Xenocyon lycaonoides Kretzoi 1938 (canine)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Alternative combinations: Canis lycaonoides, Lycaon lycaonoides

Synonyms: Cuon rosi Pons-Moyá and Moyá-Solá 1978, Cuon stehlini Thenius 1954

Belongs to Xenocyon according to S. Bartolini-Lucenti and N. Spassov 2022

See also Jiangzuo et al. 2022, Koufos 2022, Kurten 1968, Madurell-Malapeira et al. 2022, Mecozzi et al. 2020, Medin et al. 2017, Moullé et al. 2006, Tedford et al. 2009 and Wang et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Xenocyon africanus, Xenocyon antonii, Xenocyon brevicephalus, Xenocyon dubius, Xenocyon falconeri, Xenocyon texanus

Type specimens:

  • Xenocyon lycaonoides: MNM FA 20 (PV4), a tooth. Its type locality is Gombasek, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Slovakia.
  • Cuon rosi:
  • Cuon stehlini:

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (2: Saskatchewan, Yukon), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (5), Georgia (2), Germany (3), Greece (2), Italy (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), Tajikistan (1)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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